TftIHARPER HAPPENINGSYol. 6 llo. I

February 28, t97l

Health occupallon3 3tudents hetescore high on State llcense erams

Health occupations at Harper College continueto show outstanding results.

This month, R. L. DePalma, chairmaa of thelife and healft sciences division at the college,announced that all thirteen practical nursingsuulmer graduates who took the State BoardExamination had passed with high grades tobecome Harperts first lieensed practicalnurses (LPNrs).

A score of 69?, three points short of thehighest possible score of 700, was made byMrs. Patti Congreve of 1001 West Gregory,Mount Prospect.

The praetical nurses have now joined otherHarper health occupation graduates, including 24dental hygienists and 28 registered nurses, allof whom passed their licensure ec<ams iuspring, 1970.

This is the kind of performance establishedby both dental hygiene and associate degreenursing graduates who took the licensingexaminations last spring.

Facully lllYes oller grarfs; setfas[icn show lor Friday ilarch 12

The Harper College Faculty Wives organizationis offering two grants to qualified HarperOle grant will be awarded to a shrdent currentlyenrolled full time at Harper or who will beenrolled full time next fall. The second will bemade to a woman with dependent children, witha definite course of strd5r, now attending orplnnning to attend Harper full time in the fall.Each grant is in the amount of $200.00.

Harper College Facult5r Wivesr president, Mrs.Jay Singelmann, points out tJrat a grant differsfrom a scholarship in ftat it is not based onscholarship. '\ill'hile need will not be the soledgtermining factor, it will be one of the consider-ations in making the awardsr tr she said.

Application forms are available in the Officeof Placement and Shrdent Aids at the college.

A11 applications must be in by April 1. Aspecial committee of Harper College FacultyWives will review all applications. Awardswill be made on May 5.

One source of funds is t.Le Harper FacultyWivesf charity bazaar held in December.Another source is the annual fashion show tobe held rhis ys4r'on F?iday, March 12 in theCollege Center at 8 p.m. Admissiou is $1.50,aad tickets are available at the college informa-tion booth.

Student Achievgment,Awgrd_winners,_Cluistine C. l,akowski an{ Cqry W. Annen 0eft), are shown where their names will goon permanent plaque in the Harper college center by_F!ed A. Vaisr'll, director dplacement and student aids, who served-as campus coordinator for the awards competition. (Storv in adjoining column)

because of his desire to participa.te in sports'which requires at least a C average.

Cary is a member of the Harper Shrdent Senateand is a member of the social and prblic relationscommittees. His activities also include thehuman rights and radio clubs. He is yellleader, varsity track man, and captain of intra-mura-l football and track, president of thecampus Newman Community, and the only studentmember of the Harper College Long-RangePlanning Committee.

Cary spends a great deal of time telling thecommunit5r about Harper College. His recentspeaking engagements included Hersey HigbSchool and tLre Arlington Heights Rotary Clubon ttre same day. He is enthusiastic aboutHarper and helps high school students becomemore aware of what is offered at the college.

Both winners are now eligible to compete for$250. 00 prizes in one of the six districtcompetitions throughout Illinois in March.T\relve state finalists will compete in Chicagoin April for the top man and woman juniorcollege shrdent in Illinois.

Judges for the Harper competition wereGerald F. Fitzgerald, president of the PalatineNational Bank, John A. Lindstrom, head ofhis own constructr.on firm a-nd past presidentof the Arlington Heights Rotary Club, audMarilyn Marier of Arlington Heights, memberof the Arlington Heights Cultural Commission.

All 46 campuses in the Illinois pubtic communit5rcollege system are participating in the awardscompetition, which is sponsored by the IllinoisAssociation of Communit5r and Junior Collegesand the Continental Bank of Chicago.

The purpose of tle eompetition is to encourageeducational excellence and school spirit, aadto focus more public attention on two-yearcommunit5r colleges.

Hrrper College HAPPTNINGS

Published monthly for citizss of Harpercollege District l+5I2 by the cmunityRelati.ons Office.

Robert E. LahtiPresident

Eoard of Trustees

James J. HiliIl , PalatineChairEn

Jessalyn il. Nicklas Lawrence R, MoatsInverness Arlington Heightsvice chaiman Saretary

John A. HaasProslEct Heigbts

Richard L. JohnsonArlington Heights

lililton C- HanscnPalatine

Joseph C. liiortonArlingtm Heights

B€rd Eaets second and fourth ltrursdaysof each nonth at I p.n.

Piclr winners lor Harperts second

annual student aGhieyement awards

Harper students Miss Christine C. Lakowskiand Cary W. Annen have been named winnersin the second annual Harper Student AchievementRecognition Awards competition. Both studentsare residents of Arlington Heights.

They were chosen from a group of 21 applicantson t}re basis of their progress toward desirablecareer goals and their participation in camprsand community activities. Each won a $100.00cash award.

Miss Lakowski, age 21, is in her second yearof Harperts nursing program. Mr. Annen, age23, is sfirdying mechanical design and numericalcontrol technolory.

In explaining her reason for selecting thenursing field, Miss Lakowski o<plained thatshe likes to serve people. She also enjoysserving people as a waitress during summeremployment.

Miss Lakowski is vice president of her nursingclass this year and was president last year.She participates in girlsr gymnastic clubaclivities, student nursest club, and the Harperski club.

Communit5r activities include fsashing a sixthgrade Catholic religion class as well as anexercise class at the Northwest YMCA inDes Plaines, hrtoring two fifth grade girlsfrom Rupley School in Elk Grove Village,and working with CommunitSr Services inEIk Grove Vitlage.

Cary Annen tells of motivating hiinself toraise his grades from the D range in highschool to the A group as a freshman at Harper

CATPUS EYEIITSMarch 5 and 6 Play: Harper Players produc-tion of ttHarvey.tt Lechrre-Demo Center,Room E-106, 8 p. m. Free.

I/lgcn__S-ZI Graphic Art Exhibit: "GraphicsInternational. t' Exhibition of outstandingoriginal prints of the past 15 years. Works ofAmerica-n artists rrvho have been especiallysignificant in this area will be included, alongwith traditional artist-printer teams of Europeand the Far East. Leanring Resources Center,Room F-t32. Hours: daily, 8 a. m. to 10 p. m.a:rd Satrrdays, 8 a. m. until noon. Free.

March 9 Voice Recital by Karen Tillotson,soprano, Harper music facult5r, accompaaiedby Joanne Schlegel. Selections by Bach,Barber, Ha:rdel, Paulenc, a.nd Weber. Lechre-Demo Center, Room E-106, 8 p.m. F?ee.

=l4aTg4_f9_ Drug Rehabilitation Play: "MarathonPlay, " produced by Marathon llouse of Provi-dence, Rhode Island as a capsuled view of theMaraflon drug rehabilitation program. Lecfrrre-Demo Center, Room E-106, 7:30 p.m. Free.

March 11 Youth Culfirre Seminar sponsored bythe Harper Woments Advisory Committee.Topic: "TWo Culhres -- Youth and Adult. "Seminar will focus on youth culfi.rre to developan understa:rding of the philosophical frameworkin which todayrs youth approach life. Speaker:Dr. Seymour Hallack, nationally knoum psychi-atrist from tJre tldversit5r of Wisconsin, author,and lecturer, who will diseuss the 'lHypothesisof Student Unrest. " Seminar includes workshopsessions. College Center, 7-10 p. m. Opento men and women. For reservations, contactDavid Groth at Harper College. Fee, $1.00.

March 12 Fashion Show sponsored by HarperCollege Faculty Wives. Proceeds will go towardstudy grants to be awarded to Harper students.College Center Lounge, 8 p.m. Admission:$1.50.

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United Air Lines stewardess trainer, Mrs. Linda Bruce, talkedabout "Good Grooming" during a recent luncheon oftheHarper chapter! Future Secretaries of America (FSA). Thirtvmembers of Harper's secretarial science career program are

members crf the FSA chaptero spcmsored by the Park-Plaineschapter of the National Secretaries Association. Appearingin the photo with Mrs. Bruce are Tom Kelly of United and

Carolyn Berry of Mount Prospect, secretary of the Harper FSA

chapter.

GAMPUS EVENTS

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE -- rrThe vast maiorityof our young people on the vast maiority of ourcampuses who preserve it likely will parlaytheir hard-earned campus lessons of the late1960's and early 1970's into policies and prac-tices which may lead this country to its greatestachievements in the 1980ts ard 1990ts.'r Allen H.

Times-UnionNeuharth, editorial page,

Rochester, N. Y.

Gel in the swing of spring: sign

up fol evening non-credil course

Sprinb is just around the corner, and it's timeto get out of the winter doldrums. To makethe coming months more enjoyable, a courseat Harper College, perhaps one witlt a lighttouch, could be just the answer.

Most of the courses are held one night a weekand continue for eight weeks.

Beginning in March -- and continuing untilearly June -- Harper will offer a series ofcontinuing education non-credit courses foradults. Some are for fun, some to cultivatea hobby, others for information and seffimprovement. Almost everyone could findsomething of interest.

Harper is even breaking the bounds of itscampus with extension courses at local highschools. Five non-credit offerings will beheld at Barrington High School, includingGardening and Landscaping beginning March 18

and Astrology II, Calligraphy II, Photography'and Sculpture beginning the last week inMarch.

Elk Grove High School will offer two coursesfocusing on early childhood -- Chitd Care andCounselor Aide IV (starting April 5) andWorkshop in the Pre-School Child (to be heldSaturday mornings beginning April 3).

Courses at Harper!s campus inelude AppliedSpanish II, Airline Career Preparation II,Contemporary Theater, EnvironmentalPollution (requested by many local residents),Foods of Other Lands, F\rndamentals ofInvesting II, Ground Aviation (to prepare forthe FAA exam), Home Construction andRemodeling, How To Conduct Meetings, andIntroduction to Basic Fortran.

Also included are Judo and Self Defense IIand Karate II (both are hvo nights a week),Keypunch Operator, Lingerie Construction,Painting tr - Oils, Secretarial RefresherWorkshop, Social Poise and Appearances,Speech for Business and Industry, TextileDesignWorkshop, T.V. Repair, andChoices and Challenges for Women (Ilarper'scontribution to the women's lib movement).

All of the above campus courses start betweenMarch S0 and April 5, except for AirlineCareer Preparation tr which starts on April2l and Secretarial Refresher Workshop whichruns five weeks beginning on May I (on

Saturday mornings).

fLil William Rainey Harper College

fllJ Algonquin and Roselle Roads Patarine, tttinois 60067

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March 12 German Film: "Triumph of the Will, "1934-36. Technically brilliant masterpiecedepicts Adolph Hitlerrs gigantic rally at Nurem-berg in connection with the Sixth Annuai PartyCongress. This crowning achievement of Nazipropoganda is a unique and impressive documentof a dictatorrs philosophy and methods. Lecture-Demo Center, Room E-10?, 8 p.m. Admission:$1.00 for adults and $.50 for students. Harperstudents, facult5l, and staff free upon presenta-tion of ID card.

March 23 Career Carousel sponsored by careerprograur coordinators for high school studentsand adults to learn about achieving certificatesor degrees in 29 career/vocattonal fields.Carnival setting. Refreshments. 8:30 a. m.to 3:30 p. m. and from ? p. m. until 10 p. m.College Center Lounge. Free.

March 23 Flolography and Laser Demonstr:ationIllinois Bell Telephone Company will demon-strate how a laser light records a three-dimen-sional i.mage of an object on photographic film-- without a camera! There will be 30-minute

presentations at 4 p. m. and 8 p. m. Lectur:e-Denro Center, Room E-106. Free.

March 29 Concert: Harper Community Chamber6i"f,6iFu, under the direction of Bob Tillotson,will present a ttConcerto Aria" program featur-ing guest soloists Denise Hoar, violin, GaryAnderson, pi.ano, Phillip Palermo, viohn, Sue

Reiland, flute, and Jeff Leep, bassoon. Theywill perform works by Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart,and Saint-Saens. 8:00 p.m. College CenterLounge. Free.

Worthy of llote

Marc Savard, Ilarpcr's ncw dircctor ofg'overnmental rclations a-nd proi oct tl e:vcl op-ment, joined thc college staff in Dcccmbcr,1970.

Ilis previous business cxperiencc, withCommonweallh lldison Complrny in Chiclgo,was in t.he field of industrial rclatjons,including cducation and training.

A vital function of the collegc, governmcntalrelations involves maintaining Uaison bctwccnthe college and various govcrntncntal agcnciesto keep thcm informed of the needs of ther

college and the community collcgc movcmenl .

Primary responsibilit5r involvcs the procurc-ment of funds from federal and statc govern-ments as well as from privatc foundations.

Wtnigg_rylkqX, assistant professor of rncchani-cal engineering, reccntly attended the midyearmeeting of the Engineering Design GraphicsDivision of the American Society for EngineeringEducation at Amhurst, Massachusetts. The-'

conference, hosted thls year by the Universit5rof Massachusetts, focused on the deveJopmentof computer displays, theoretical graphics, andstudent desigrr projects. Several valuable ideaswere submitted to the group by Mr. Punkay.

John Muchmore associate professor: of speechat Harper College, participated in a rneeting onhigher educatjonal issues sponsored by theEducation Commi.ssion of the States (ECS) inDenver, Colorado. The Education Commissionof the States, a non-profiL orgarization, br:ing;stogether governors, educators, and legislatorsfor the purpose of improvi.ng education at thestate level. There are 43 member states.Commission chairman is Goverrror RussellPeterson of Delaware.

Donn B. Stansburv , Harperrs director ofadmissions and registrar, was one of a groupof leaders for the American Association ofCollegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers(AACP'AO) at a lrsirring program ccnCuctcd jncooperation with Colorado State University-.Mr. Stansbury conducted a session on regis-tering college stuclents by telephone. Thethree-day session w:ls a pilot program forsponsorship of sin'rilar training sessions byevery regional ancl sl.ale chapter of AACIRAO.

qglg_gjltol, liarPcr's basebali coach, was aninstructor lor 1.hc Lidrd annual baseball clinicsponsored by Illiuois Sl.ate University atNormal on February 6. Mr. Hinton spokc on

"Pitching". Othcr clinic instructors wercBoston Red Sox coach Don l,enhardt, ChicagoCub scout Bill Prjncc, and St. Louis Cardinalinfielders Ted Sizemore and Dick Schofield.

With the appointment ol'Robcrt J. I.Iughes,director of buildings and grounds, to tlteAssocial^ion of Physi cal Plant Admini strator s

of Universities and Collcges, Ilarpcr bcctmeone of the first community colJcges aclrrit,tcclto the national group. Mr. Hughcs wtrs trationnlco-chajrman of a community colleg,-e coinmjttccwhich negotiated with thc APPA to amcnd jtsconstitution al lowing two-ycar insliluti oits tobe admitted to membership.

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